Consciousness, Conflations, and Disability Rights: Denials of Care for Children in the "Minimally Conscious State"

Joseph J. Fins

doi:10.1017/jme.2022.22

Consciousness, Conflations, and Disability Rights: Denials of Care for Children in the "Minimally Conscious State"

Joseph J. Fins

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Abstract

This essay critiques the fiercely utilitarian allocation scheme of Cameron et al. Children have no hope of recovery if their lives are cut short based on administrative protocols that misrepresent the nature of their conditions. Unilateral futility judgements - especially those based on a false predicate - are discriminatory. When considering the best interests of children, we should see possibility in disability and not advance ill-informed utilitarianism.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	181-183
Number of pages	3
Journal	The Journal of law, medicine & ethics : a journal of the American Society of Law, Medicine & Ethics
Volume	50
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/jme.2022.22
State	Published - 2022

Keywords

Access to Care
Disability Law
Disorders of Consciousness
Minimally Conscious State
Pediatric Neurology

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Medicine(all)

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Consciousness, Conflations, and Disability Rights: Denials of Care for Children in the "Minimally Conscious State"

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